Rack



M. w. MEEK RACK.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 26.1919.

1,333,930 Patented Mar. 16, 1920.

ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARGELLUS W MEEK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RACK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAnonLLUs IV. hInnK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Racks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a light rack for retaining hay, fodder, or eatables of any kind such as are particularly suitable for small animals-rabbits, for instance.

I have aimed in the present device to produce a structure that is essentially simple, light, and easy to manufacture; one that may be easily transported and mounted for use; and one that is so formed as to retain its intended contents while at the same time rendering it easy to obtain access thereto.

With these objects in view, the description of this invention will now be given, reference being made to the accompanying drawing wherein a suggested structure is shown in perspective.

It will be found convenient to form the present-rack out of wire possessing a suitable strength and stiffness, and in its fabrication a section of wire designated as A is bent in the form shown to provide a front upper rail 1 and end rails 2 each turned at its extremity by preference in the form of an eye 3 through which may be inserted a nail or screw to fasten the device in place. It may be stated that a rack of this kind is most commonly hung upon a vertical support such as the wall 5 which is illustrated for convenience, this wall constituting a rear side or back for the rack. The elevation of the rack upon the wall will, of course, be chosen with reference to the convenience of the animals for which it is intended.

A second section of wire designated as B is likewise bent to provide a lower rail 6 of substantially the same length as the upper rail 1, the wire at each end of the rail 6 making a three-fourths turn (about 270 degrees) so as to form end rails 7 which in the structure as used are disposed in a direction inclined at an angle less than from the vertical, as distinguished from the end rails 2 which lie in a plane inclined at an angle less than 15 from the horizontal. In making the three-fourths turn noted, the section B forms at each end of the rail 6 an eye 8 through which a fastening de- Specifieation of Letters Patent. Patented Mar. 16, 1920.

Application filed July 26, 1819.

Serial No. 313,454.

vice 9 (such as a nail or screw) may be driven to secure the rack along its bottom adjacent the Wall 5. The upper extremities of the end rails 7 are each joined to the rails 6 2 at a convenient point 10, say midway of their length, by any suitable means such, for instance, as solder. Other rails 11 may also be extended between and fastened to the upper and lower rails 1 and 6, these 6 rails 11 being spaced apart at any distance that is found suitable for retaining the contents of the rack in a manner that permits easy extraction thereof.

The rack formed as herein described may 7 be readily attached in place. lVhen employed in the manner described, its front side composed in part of, the rails 11 will be obliquely inclined in such a way as to provide in efi'ect a V-shaped pocket whose 7 ends are defined by the rails 7 The hay or other eatables placed in the rack will accordingly be accessible from the front and ends as well as the top of the device.

The various features that characterize 8 this rack-its lightness, its openness, and simplicityimpart to the structure certain advantages that are not possessed by otherdevices of this general kind with which I am aware, and for which I hereby make 8 claims as follows.

I claim:

1. A rack of the kind described comprising a wire bent to provide an upper rail having a front and end portions in angular 9 relation thereto, the extremity of each end portion being turned to lie substantially parallel with the front and formed to provide an eye, a lower rail having two bends, each of about 270 degrees, to provide an eye, the portions beyond such bends constituting end rails and being extended to connect with the end portions of the upper rails, and a plurality of rails connecting the upper and lower rails on ,the front side of 1 the rack, the eyes in the device adapting it for attachment to a wall by which it is provided with a rear side, substantially as described.

2. A rack of the kind described compris- 1 mg a wire bent to provide an upper rail having a front and end portions in angular relation thereto, the extremity of each end portion being formed to provide an eye through which an element may pass to make fastening with the wall, a lower rail having two bends each arranged to provide an eye, the portions beyond such bends constituting end rails and being extended to connectvwith the end portions of the upper rail, the eyes in the lower rail being adapted to receive therethrough an element which makes fastening to a Wall and a plurality of rails connecting the upper and lower rails on the front side of the rack, the Wall rear- Wzudly of the device and the front side thereof being in angular relation to provide 10 in effect a V-shaped pocket, substantially as described.

Witness RAY C. HILD ETH. 

